5 Dangers of the Dark Web
Hacking groups are bigger than ever and you can find them nearly everywhere online. Groups such as TeaMp0isoN, or Ourmine often publicize themselves by hacking famous or controversial figures. YouTubers are usually easy targets. Roman Atwood, Niga Higa, Jacksepticeye, Keemstar, Logan Paul, Idubbbz, and many more YouTubers have been hacked in recent times."If you go looking for danger, you're bound to come across it eventually". This saying can be applied to a multitude of circumstances; school, work, the bar, the dark web, and even the surface web. You could be performing an innocent search, click the wrong link, and end up on something you'd wish you hadn't seen. Today I've compiled a list of the top five dangers on the dark web.
Viruses
Viruses can be caught anywhere on the web. Majority of viruses travel through email links, Social networks, text messages, and downloads. But in more violent cases, you can catch a computer virus by just connecting to the internet. Some of the biggest viruses in history have caused upwards of eight billion dollars in damage.
Scams
If you've ever so much as googled “the dark web”, you probably know what The Hidden Wiki is. For those of you who aren't familiar, the hidden wiki is an archive of miscellaneous “.onion” links. Many of these links come up saying "This hidden site has been seized". This can occur for a number of reasons; some of these sites are only open certain times of the day, others were taken down permanently by the government. Of the few links on The Hidden Wiki that actually work, there lies a very wide array of sites. Some involving hacking, free credit card scams, hitmen, forums, guides, and more. These sites are always risky, and most end up scamming you out of your money. One of the more recent scams was a hit on president Trump. People thew thousands of dollars at a hitman site in an attempt to assassinate him, but the hitmen never followed through. This type of thing happens daily on the dark web and is one of the major dangers if you plan on purchasing anything on the dark web.Hackers on the dark web
On the dark web, hackers aren't usually as nice about it... In many of the hacking cases listed above, the hacker gave the accounts back to the original owner and told them that their passwords weren't secure. If you are hacked on the dark web, the hacker most likely has very malicious intent. Most of these black-hat hackers want money or publicity out of you. Of course, hackers are somewhat hard to come across unless you display strong views in the wrong places, so don't let this one scare you too much.Links
The danger of unknown links ties in with viruses and scams. Often times the name of hyperlinked sites posses no real value... Not until you click them, that is. Tech wizards can easily create a link to a dead page that picks up the users IP and location. That's why using a VPN is a necessity while exploring the dark web. TOR (The Onion Router) is the most popular way people discover the depths of the dark web. Here is a link to the TOR VPN download page.Drug Dealers
It should be a given that drug dealers usually aren't the most trustworthy people. This goes without saying for a number of reasons; they could be baked out of their mind and forget what they were supposed to follow through with, or they could have malicious intent. Lacing your drug of choice with something as deadly as fentanyl. This drug is so powerful that even 2 grains of sand are deemed deadly. On the dark web, drug dealers are anonymous. After you give them money, there's no guarantee that you'll receive anything.This article is for educational purposes only. Please don't attempt to visit the dark web unless you’re sure you know what you’re doing!
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